Holiness

Morning, April 24

Ne 9:38

… Especially, let us do this after any sin which has grieved the Holy Spirit , or brought dishonour upon the cause of God; let us then look to that …

Evening, July 17

1Ki 18:40

… Let the goodness of God excite us to a sacred jealousy, and to a holy revenge against those iniquities which are hateful in his sight. Go forth to …

Evening, July 29

Jn 6:37

… Jehovah Jesus knows how, by irresistible arguments addressed to the understanding, by mighty reasons appealing to the affections, and by the mysterious influence of his Holy Spirit operating …

Morning, August 26

Ps 111:9

… It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They …

Needless Fears

Isaiah 51:12

… For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. Since you were …

Jesus Near but Unrecognized

Luke 24:16

… Even holy sorrow for sin and grief for the absence of the Master may, sometimes, put a mote into the eye and destroy its clear vision. Even tears …

Morning, May 8

Jn 5:13

… The Holy Spirit makes men penitents long before he makes them divines; and he who believes what he knows, shall soon know more clearly what he believes. Ignorance …

Morning, May 25

Ps 38:21

… There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without his constant upholding. Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in …

Morning, June 4

Tit 3:4

… Who is he that can endure such a weight of love? That partial sense of it which the Holy Spirit is sometimes pleased to afford, is more than …

Evening, July 15

Mk 16:9

… feel that his will is your will, then you stand in a happy, holy place. He must have said, “Mary,” or else you could not have said, “Rabboni …

Evening, December 25

Job 1:5

… as pure and sanctifying as though one bathed in the rivers of Eden: holy gratitude should be quite as purifying an element as grief. Alas! for our poor …

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… Did not the Father also prove that He was with the Son by sending the Holy Spirit at Pentecost with many signs and wonders? Jesus is not alone …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… The efficient cause of our love is the Holy Spirit of God. We should never have had a spark of love to Jesus if it had not been …

An Immovable Foundation

Psalm 11:3

… If the eternal love of Jehovah could be removed, and if the effectual might of the Holy Spirit's arm could be withdrawn, what could you and I …

Evening, March 16

Ps 19:13

… Such was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart .” Did holy David need to pray thus? How needful, then, must such a prayer be for …

Evening, September 3

Ps 11:5

… Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of sacred courage. The balloon never rises until the …

Evening, October 7

Is 36:5

… And I trust the Holy Spirit —he has begun to save me from my inbred sins; I trust him to drive them all out; I trust him to …

Evening, December 1

Ps 107:8

… and all that is within me, bless his holy name.” Let the new month begin with new songs.

Evening, April 26

Rev 16:15

… Christian, do not think that these are times in which you can dispense with watchfulness or with holy ardour; you need these things more than ever, and may …

Evening, May 24

Php 1:27

… vilest of men! We must not forget that the gospel of Christ is holy . It never excuses sin: it pardons it, but only through an atonement. If our …

Evening, October 21

Lu 24:38

… is I; be not afraid.” Oh, those sweet words of Christ! May the Holy Ghost make you feel them as spoken to you ; forget others for awhile—accept …

Marvellous Increase.–Facts and Figures

… I have never brought any project before them, or asked them to aid me in any holy enterprise, but they have been ready to respond to the call …

Morning, March 27

Mt 26:56

… These very apostles who were timid as hares, grew to be bold as lions after the Spirit had descended upon them, and even so the Holy Spirit can …

Evening, March 29

Song 5:6

… Tried believer, thy Lord hath a tear-bottle in which the costly drops of sacred grief are put away, and a book in which thy holy groanings are …

Morning, May 22

Ps 107:7

… temptations.” “O let my trembling soul be still, And wait thy wise, thy holy will! I cannot, Lord, thy purpose see, Yet all is well since ruled by …

Evening, June 24

Da 3:16,18

… 18 The narrative of the manly courage and marvellous deliverance of the three holy children, or rather champions, is well calculated to excite in the minds of believers …

Morning, August 1

Ru 2:2

… worm Jacob, I will help thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” How canst thou fear with such a wonderful assurance as this …

Morning, February 2

Heb 9:22

… assured that it is the life of faith and joy and every other holy grace. “Oh! how sweet to view the flowing Of my Saviour’s precious blood …

Morning, May 3

Jn 16:33

… this, believer? Look upward to thy heavenly Father, and behold him pure and holy. Dost thou know that thou art one day to be like him? Wilt thou …

Evening, June 4

1Ti 3:16

… it when he shall descend from heaven in great power, with all the holy angels—“Then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.” Oh, the splendour …

Evening, June 10

Jn 5:39

… The Scriptures are the swaddling bands of the holy child Jesus; unroll them and you find your Saviour. The quintessence of the word of God is Christ.

Morning, August 25

Song 2:3

… that which gives true enjoyment is the aspect of faith wherein Christ, by holy taste, is received into us, and made, by inward and spiritual apprehension of his …

Morning, September 29

Le 13:13

… We must confess that we are “nothing else but sin,” for no confession short of this will be the whole truth, and if the Holy Spirit be at …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… should ever turn aside, being offended because of Him, His blessed Son, His holy example, or His sacred teaching! May we be always ready to believe what He …

'Peace Be Unto You'

Luke 24:36

… Where Christians converse on holy things, they may still expect that Jesus will Himself draw near. But more frequently He lingered longest and revealed Himself most in the …

Morning, January 1

Jos 5:12

… not still be true. “We who have believed do enter into rest.” The Holy Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance; he gives us “glory begun below.” In …

Evening, January 17

2Sa 11:2

… day, and falling at once into temptation, let me take warning, and set holy watchfulness to guard the door. Is it possible that the king had mounted his …

Morning, October 16

Jn 21:12

Morning, October 16 Go To Evening Reading “Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.” John 21:12 In these words the believer is invited to a holy nearness …

'Good Judgment'

Psalm 119:65

… the way of free, rich, Sovereign, Immutable, everlasting love—glory be to His holy name! But take our personal experience, for I suppose the Psalmist is here referring …

Evening, November 10

Mt 10:25

… Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. They …